Thread by @Pazatodos2017, Listening to Priti Patel talk about domestic abuse & wanting to help [...]

Listening to Priti Patel talk about domestic abuse & wanting to help I almost thought the #Tories had found a heart & compassion - then I remembered how many domestic abuse services & refuges were closed due to austerity.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/austerity-and-domestic-violence-mapping-damage/
#YouAreNotAlone
#noexcuseforabuse

Austerity and domestic violence: mapping the damage

Austerity has taken its toll on domestic violence provisions, in a fracturing that cuts across institutions, sectors and lives in the UK

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/austerity-and-domestic-violence-mapping-damage/

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigning-and-influencing/campaign-with-us/sos/

SOS: Save Refuges, Save Lives - Womens Aid

We are been calling on the government to Save Our Services by exploring and securing a new model of national refuge funding and commissioning.

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigning-and-influencing/campaign-with-us/sos/

#domesticabuse #COVID19Update

Deaths from domestic violence have reached a five-year high, with 173 people killed in 2018 – an increase of 32 on 2017 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/conservative-government-domestic-violence-victims-die

Under a Tory government, domestic violence victims will continue to die | Sisters Uncut

Austerity has left too many women homeless. We need a new government to support them, says direct action group Sisters Uncut

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/conservative-government-domestic-violence-victims-die

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/26/endured-domestic-violence-victims-austerity-sunderland

They’ve endured domestic violence. Now they’re victims of austerity | Frances Ryan

The cost of government cuts isn’t always visible. But there is no escaping it in Sunderland, where services to vulnerable women are under threat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/26/endured-domestic-violence-victims-austerity-sunderland

https://www.womensmediacenter.com/news-features/the-most-marginalized-women-in-the-uk-have-been-disproportionally-affected-by-austerity-measures

The most marginalized women in the UK have been disproportionately affected by austerity measures -...

A recent Amnesty International report released on December 10, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reveals that women, particularly the most marginalized women in the...

https://www.womensmediacenter.com/news-features/the-most-marginalized-women-in-the-uk-have-been-disproportionally-affected-by-austerity-measures

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-49459674

Domestic killings reach five-year high

Women remain 'invisible victims' of knife crime, despite a major government effort on domestic violence.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-49459674

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-violence-death-women-partner-a9333161.html%3famp

Number of women killed by a partner or ex rises by almost a third, f…

The number of women killed by a partner or ex has risen by almost a third in just one year, new figures show. Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 80 women were killed by a

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-violence-death-women-partner-a9333161.html%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-statistics-ons-women-police-cps-a9217361.html%3famp

Domestic abuse rises 24% in a year with police recording an incident…

Domestic abuse has risen by 24 per cent in a year while referrals of cases from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service fell by 11 per cent.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-abuse-statistics-ons-women-police-cps-a9217361.html%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/womens-aid-funding-domestic-violence-refuge-a9305261.html%3famp

More than 60% of domestic violence refuge referrals declined last ye…

Nearly two thirds of referrals to refuges for victims of domestic abuse had to be declined last year because of a “sustained funding crisis” says a new report. The number of bed spaces in England is

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/womens-aid-funding-domestic-violence-refuge-a9305261.html%3famp

Thank you for the words Priti Patel but it's nothing but empty rhetoric after so many DV services have been cut, 60% of victims are turned away due to lack of space, DV & deaths from DV have increased. Actions speak louder than words! #YouAreNotAlone

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